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Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray Among Winners in First Tokyo Olympic Tennis Matches
Tennis matches featuring Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Ashleigh Barty at the Tokyo Olympics will begin at 10 p.m. ET on the Olympic Channel.
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Serena Williams Shares Emotions Behind 2018 US Open Final
Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has opened up about her experience competing in the 2018 U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka in a column for Harper’s Bazaar. Nearly a year ago, Williams was contending for her 24th career Grand Slam title, a mark that would have tied her with Margaret Court for the most in the Open era.
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Serena Williams Shares Emotions Behind 2018 US Open Final
Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has opened up about her experience competing in the 2018 U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka in a column for Harper’s Bazaar. Nearly a year ago, Williams was contending for her 24th career Grand Slam title, a mark that would have tied her with Margaret Court for the most in the Open era.
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Serena Williams 2 for 2 at Wimbledon; Wins in Singles, Mixed
Serena Williams walked into her news conference at Wimbledon holding her phone, a cold bottle of water and a statistics sheet that reinforced what was clear from watching her third-round singles victory Saturday: She is as close to being back to her best as she’s been in a while. Williams, hampered for much of this season by injuries or illness,...
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Serena Williams 2 for 2 at Wimbledon; Wins in Singles, Mixed
Serena Williams walked into her news conference at Wimbledon holding her phone, a cold bottle of water and a statistics sheet that reinforced what was clear from watching her third-round singles victory Saturday: She is as close to being back to her best as she’s been in a while. Williams, hampered for much of this season by injuries or illness,...
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Serena, Venus Set Up Williams Vs. Williams Match at US Open
Get ready for the latest Grand Slam installment of Williams vs. Williams. One big difference this time: The superstar siblings will be meeting in the third round at the U.S. Open, their earliest showdown at a major tournament in 20 years. Serena Williams set up the highly anticipated matchup at Flushing Meadows by hitting 13 aces and overwhelming 101st-ranked Carina...
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US Open: Umpire Shouldn't Have Warned Female Player for Shirt Change
The U.S. Tennis Association acknowledged Wednesday that a chair umpire incorrectly warned French player Alize Cornet for changing her shirt on court at the U.S. Open — the latest example in recent days of ways in which men and women are treated differently in tennis....
“Of course, I was surprised when I just changed (the) T-shirt really quick, and he gave... -
Simona Halep Becomes First No. 1 Seed to Lose 1st US Open Match; Serena Wins
Some players, like top-ranked Simona Halep, freely acknowledge they don’t deal well with the hustle-and-bustle of the U.S. Open and all it entails. Others, like 44th-ranked Kaia Kanepi, take to the Big Apple and its Grand Slam tournament. Put those two types at opposite ends of a court at Flushing Meadows and watch what can happen: Halep made a quick-as-can-be...
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Bleak Day for Americans in Melbourne: Venus, Stephens Out
Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens were upset early and the bleak opening day for Americans continued at the Australian Open on Monday with the women going 0 for 8 and two of the highest-ranked U.S. men joining them as first-round casualties. In her first match at Rod Laver Arena since losing last year’s final to her sister, Serena, Venus Williams...
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2 Hockey Sisters Will Share an Olympic Journey Playing for Different Nations
Marissa and Hannah Brandt are giving their parents the unexpected chance to cheer for both daughters in Pyeongchang in February — one for the U.S. and the other for South Korea....
“It would be fun to play her in the Olympics,” Marissa said. “Not awkward at all.” The awkward part of the story actually came years ago, when kindergarten-age Marissa and Hannah... -
2-time Champ Nadal Loses 15-13 in 5th Set at Wimbledon
First, Rafael Nadal erased a two-set deficit. Then, he erased four match points. Nadal could not, however, erase the fifth. After digging himself out of difficult situations over and over during the course of a riveting encounter that lasted more than 4½ hours, Nadal suddenly faltered, getting broken in the last game and losing to 16th-seeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg...
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Kate Middleton Debuts Shorter New Haircut at Wimbledon Ahead of Family Trip to Germany
Kate Middleton is changing up her look for the summer. As a brand-new week of July kicked off, the Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed a visit to Wimbledon.
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Novak Djokovic Latest to Withdraw From Miami Open with Injury
Second-ranked Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Miami Open with an elbow injury.
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Mattek-Sands, Sock Deny Williams 5th Gold Medal
Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock have won the Olympic tennis title in mixed doubles, denying Venus Williams a record fifth gold medal. Mattek-Sands and Sock beat Williams and Rajeev Ram 6-7 (3), 6-1, 10-7 tiebreak in an all-U.S. final Sunday.
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Williams and Ram Advance in Mixed Doubles; Puig Wins Puerto Rico's First Gold
Olympic tennis saw a day of upsets and a first on Saturday. In the women’s singles gold medal match, Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to win her territory’s first gold in any sport in Olympic history.
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Booing and Bellowing, a Different Kind of Tennis Fan in Rio
Juan Martin del Potro bounced the ball, waiting to try to serve out his second-round match at the Olympic tennis tournament....
Argentine fans sang for him. Brazilians chanted for his opponent, seeking to drown out their rivals. Boos and whistles and shushes echoed around center court....
“Please,” the chair umpire said into his microphone, imploring spectators for some quiet....
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Upsetting! Djokovic 1 of 3 Top Seeds Out of Olympic Tennis
Novak Djokovic shook his head and placed his palm over welling eyes on his way to the locker room after a first-round Olympic exit, devastated he might never realize his goal of adding a gold in singles to a substantial collection of Grand Slam titles.
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Federer Tops Murray for 10th Wimbledon Final; Djokovic Next
Federer’s 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 victory Friday, built by taking 70 of 91 points he served and breaking Murray in the last game of each set, moved him into his 10th Wimbledon final. One more win would make Federer the first man with eight titles at The Championships, as the grass-court tournament first held in 1877 is known around these parts.
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Federer, Murray in Wimbledon Showdown; Djokovic Gets Gasquet
Roger Federer and Andy Murray ran into each other Wednesday morning in the champions’ locker room at the All England Club, then walked together over to the practice area to prepare — on adjacent courts — for their respective quarterfinals later in the day.
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Rafael Nadal Stunned by 102nd-Ranked Dustin Brown at Wimbledon
Two-time champion Rafael Nadal is making another early exit from Wimbledon, after losing in the second round to a 102nd-ranked qualifier who played the match of his life.